STFC Publications

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Corporate publications

Corporate strategy

The corporate strategy provides a guide to STFC’s future investments in world – leading science and technology in the UK.

The Strategy has been developed in consultation with stakeholders and sets out the key role that STFC plays in rebuilding the economy and the UK’s future competitiveness through the research we support in universities, the research carried out using STFC-provided facilities and the collaborative research and innovation on our Campuses..

Highlights: May 2014

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Our impact

Impact Report 2013

Our Impact Report 2013 provides quantitative data and case study examples which illustrate the breadth and depth of our economic and societal impact. In particular, we showcase how STFC has played a key role in developing and delivering real impact in two of the Government’s ‘eight great technology’ themes – big data and space.

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Cosmic Rays

A colour A5 leaflet that opens out into an A2 double-sided wallchart describing Cosmic Rays and where they come from, what effect they have on us and how they are used in scientific applications. Ages 14 and up

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The Sun

A full-colour A5 leaflet that opens out into an A2 double-sided wallchart describing our Sun and its impact on Earth. A publication looking at the properties of the Sun and how current space missions and ground-based experiments are providing new understanding of our nearest star. Ages and up. February 20 version

Little Book of Big Lasers

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A Tunnel to the beginning of Time

A spectacular full-colour A1 poster showing a view through the middle of the ATLAS detector and looking down the centre of the Large Hadron Collider tunnel. The LHC will recreate the conditions existing a billionth of a second after the beginning of the Big Bang. All ages. New 2007 version.

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Big Questions, Big Experiment: The Large Hadron Collider

A full-colour A5 leaflet that opens out into an A2 double-sided wallchart describing the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. It describes the "big questions" about our Universe that scientists are trying to answer - and how the amazing LHC will help them do so. Ages and up. New November 2007 version.

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Inside the Atom: Nuclear Activity in the UK

A full-colour A5 leaflet that opens out into an A2 double-sided wall poster describing the activity of the nuclear physics community in the UK and how their inspirational work impacts our lives. Ages and up. New April 20 version.

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The Little Book of the Big Bang

A cartoon booklet that introduces particle physics, particle accelerators and the Large Hadron Collider. This clear, concise and entertaining booklet explains what a particle accelerator such as the LHC is and the questions it is trying to answer such as why is there matter and not anti-matter? what is Dark Energy? It also looks at the people and technology behind the project. Ages and above.

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What is next for the LHC?

A full-colour leaflet describing what is next for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. It describes what the LHC is, what is still to come, what the UK has already gained thanks to the LHC, how it will inspire the next generation of scientists, and the engineering and technology successes.

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Stargazing guide

An easy, pocket-sized, guide to help you navigate your way around the sky at night. The download A4 version is designed ready for you to print on a standard duplex printer. If you are a school or group and would like a set of between 100 and 1200 pocket starcharts please feel free to order.

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Hands on the Moon

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Useful publications from our partners

CERN

The Earth's upper atmosphere is constantly hit by particles called cosmic rays, producing many secondary particles that collide with nuclei in the atmosphere. LHCf is designed to detect these secondary particles from ultra-high-energy cosmic rays to help confirm the theoretical models that explain what happens when these cosmic rays enter the atmosphere.

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CERN: The ALICE Experiment

ALICE is one of the four big experiments for the LHC, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, which began in 2008. ALICE will study the quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter that probably existed in the first moments of the universe.

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CERN: The ATLAS Experiment

ATLAS is the largest detector at the LHC, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, which began in 2008. ATLAS is a multi-purpose detector, designed to throw light on fundamental questions such as the origin of mass and the nature of the Universe's dark matter.

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CERN: The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment

CMS is the heaviest detector at the LHC, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, which began in 2008. A multi-purpose detector, CMS is composed of several systems built around a powerful superconducting magnet.

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CERN: ISOLDE

The ISOLDE facility uses protons from CERN's accelerator complex to produce exotic nuclei of most of the elements. These radioactive nuclei are used for basic research in many areas of science: nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, atomic physics, condensed matter physics, radiobiology, and elementary particle physics.

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CERN: The Large Hadron Collider

A presentation of the largest and the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which began in 2008. Its role, characteristics, technologies, etc. are explained for the general public.

CERN: Large Hadron Collider FAQ

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CERN: Large Hadron Collider Beauty Experiment

LHCb is one of the four big experiments for the LHC, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, which began in 2008. LHCb will study a phenomenon which could partly explain why the Universe is all matter and practically no antimatter.

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CERN: The Grid

The Grid is a service for sharing computer power and data storage capacity over the internet. It goes beyond simple communication between computers, and aims ultimately to turn the global network of computers into one vast computational resource.